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Butter Tea

Butter Tea: a sourced camp stove recipe with measured ingredients and cooking instructions. Pack a cooler for perishables.

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Added October 9, 2026
Source: Recipe: Wikibooks contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); extracted from linked revision; camping suitability and safety notes added. Photo: Yosomono, CC BY 2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tibetan_butter_tea.jpg; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0. Photo illustrates this dish on its source recipe page; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.
Butter Tea

Photo: Yosomono · CC BY 2.0. Source-recipe food photograph; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.

Serves: 2
Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

  • •1 tablespoon regular black tea leaves (preferably Nepalese or Indian )
  • •3 cups whole milk (or 1½ cup half-and-half + 1½ cup water)
  • •2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • •Salt to taste

Instructions

  1. 1Boil tea with milk for 2–10 minutes, depending upon the strength of tea desired
  2. 2Strain into tea cups.
  3. 3Add butter and salt. Stir thoroughly, ideally by carefully using a blender, and serve.

Camp tips

  • • Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

Food safety & trail facts

Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

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